* Meet the oddballs of the card-driven tabletop game Dawn: Rise of the Occulites by Ben Boersma.

* An overview of real-time strategy gaming, including: the history of RTS games, ultra-realistic strategy in Naval War: Arctic Circle, upcoming MMORTS End of Nations and how OP4S intends to fuse RTS with tabletop gaming.

* A colourful look at game art designer Tears of Envy’s excellent work for the games industry.

* Board game spotlight on Spiel Essen.

* Lorien Green engages the board game industry in her new documentary Going Cardboard.

* Backstab your opponents in the new Mob Ties board game

* Discover the detailed world of Legend of the Five Rings through the artwork of Steve Argyle.

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